Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-08
A COMMON OCCURRENCE.
over 81 900 Found in the Room of a Woman
Who Died Beggar.

Who Died Beggar.
A Boston dispatch says: From beg
carly little room at the rear of No. II
Albany street, Mrs. Mary Smith was re-
moved TO the city hospital Saturday night,
where she died before morning. She was
rs years old, and without doubt the most
raggedly dressed woman in Boston. Her
apartment was miserably filthy, and her
clothes were little better than old rags,
kept together by strings.
Mrs Saith was professional beggar,
and it was while limping about ON her
daily round in search of charity, Satur-
day afternoon, that she was knocked
down and run over by careless butcher
boy at the corner of Howard and Hudson
streets. Somebody removed her to her
nome and notified the police and had her
taken to the city hospital. She was not
badly hurt, but her advanced years and
her enfeebled condition resulting from
long years of priyation could not with
stand the shock.
Before she died she said something
about her money and asked that Lawyer
Charles Colbeth be notified. The hospit
al attendants believed the poor creature
was wandering in her mind. This morn
ing however, word was sent to the lawyer,
when they were surprised to hear that
the old woman had recently made a will
aud was worth several thousand dollars.
The police were notified and an officer
detailed to search the miserable lodgings.
Opening the door of the old womans
room a foul odor greeted him, and a
dozen rats disappeared leisuriy into their
holes. The officer began his search by
ripping open the first of the two old
mattresses. when, to his surprise, several
handfuls of gold and silver coins ratified
down on the floor. The sawdust, chips
and husks with which the mattress was
stuffed, we're poured into Z pile beside
the bed. Scattered among the chat was
handful of bank notes. Officer Franks
poked over the pile and saw that many
OF the bills were rolled up into wads az d
tied with greasy strings. He cut these
with a knife, aud, counting the wealth,
found $500. On the wall over the bed
hung an old petticoat. Mechanically
thrusting his hand into the pocket he
drew out hard rag. Opening this $40
in bills lay in his hand. As the officer
grasEed it to replace il on the hook he
felt a hard bunch of something inside
the lining. Cutting the threads with his
knife little bag dropped out and So in
small silver coins rolled off on the floor.
Inside the door another dirty article of
apparel hung. 1t was searched, and in
the lining was found secreted a large
pocket pook. Sewed into this were bills
of various denominations amounting TO
/ $40.
On the floor lay mattress black with
filth and rolled up and tied with piece
of clothesline. Inside this and wrapped
carefully in dozen newspapers vas a
/ package of United States government
/ bonds of the issue of 1887, bearing four
per ceut. interest and amour ing in value
/ to $500. Down in the corner of bag
were two bank books of the Franklin
/ Savings bank, each showing a deposit of
1 1900. Continuing the search, a black
dress was found, and in various parts of
the lining were found sewed in separate
4 IL, S15 ia bills and silver. In bureau
I was found $50 in gold. TLe entire
amount Of money and bonds amounted
/ to between $4,000 and $1,000, which was
turned 5fsr 70 the police authorities.
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